Genesis Chapter 9
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asv (asv) - eBible.org engASV USFM
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but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him to the ark; for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her in unto him into the ark.
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And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
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and the dove came in to him at eventide; and, lo, in her mouth an olive-leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
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And he stayed yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she returned not again unto him any more.
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And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dried.
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And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dry.
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And God spake unto Noah, saying,
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Go forth from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
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Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both birds, and cattle, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
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And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him:
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every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, whatsoever moveth upon the earth, after their families, went forth out of the ark.
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And Noah builded an altar unto Jehovah, and took of every clean beast, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar.
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And Jehovah smelled the sweet savor; and Jehovah said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake, for that the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more everything living, as I have done.
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While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
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And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
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And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens; with all wherewith the ground teemeth, and all the fishes of the sea, into your hand are they delivered.
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Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.
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But flesh with the life thereof,
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which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
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And surely your blood,
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the blood of your lives, will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it: and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, will I require the life of man.
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Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
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And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
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And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
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And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
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and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that go out of the ark, even every beast of the earth.
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And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
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And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
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I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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AndGod blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.
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And let the fear of you and the dread of you be upon every animal of the earth, and upon all fowl of the heavens: upon all that moveth [on] the ground; and upon all the fishes of the sea: into your hand are they delivered.
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Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you: as the green herb I give you everything.
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Only, the flesh with its life, its blood, ye shall not eat.
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And indeed your blood, [the blood] of your lives, will I require: at the hand of every animal will I require it, and at the hand of Man, at the hand of each [the blood] of his brother, will I require the life of Man.
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Whoso sheddeth Man's blood, by Man shall his blood be shed; for in the image ofGod he hath made Man.
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And ye, be fruitful and multiply: swarm on the earth, and multiply on it.
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AndGod spoke to Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
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And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
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and with every living soul which is with you, fowl as well as cattle, and all the animals of the earth with you, of all that has gone out of the ark — every animal of the earth.
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And I establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood, and henceforth there shall be no flood to destroy the earth.
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AndGod said, This is the sign of the covenant that I set between me and you and every living soul that is with you, for everlasting generations:
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I set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be for a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
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And it shall come to pass when I bring clouds over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud,
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and I will remember my covenant which is between me and you and every living soul of all flesh; and the waters shall not henceforth become a flood to destroy all flesh.
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And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant betweenGod and every living soul of all flesh that is upon the earth.
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AndGod said to Noah, This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
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And the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth. And Ham is the father of Canaan.
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These three are the sons of Noah; and from these was [the population of] the whole earth spread abroad.
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And Noah began [to be] a husbandman, and planted a vineyard.
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And he drank of the wine, and was drunken, and he uncovered himself in his tent.
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And Ham the father of Canaan saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren outside.
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And Shem and Japheth took the upper garment and both laid [it] upon their shoulders, and went backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. And their faces were turned away, that they saw not their father's nakedness.
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And Noah awoke from his wine, and learned what his youngest son had done to him.
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And he said, Cursed be Canaan; Let him be a bondman of bondmen to his brethren.
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And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, theGod of Shem, And let Canaan be his bondman.
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LetGod enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem, And let Canaan be his bondman.
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And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
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And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.
lxxbrent (lxxbrent) - Septuagint (Brenton 1851) eBible USFM
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And God blessed Noe and his sons, and said to them, Increase and multiply, and fill the earth and have dominion over it.
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And the dread and the fear of you shall be upon all the wild beasts of the earth, on all the birds of the sky, and on all things moving upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea, I have placed them under your power.
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And every reptile which is living shall be to you for meat, I have given all things to you as the green herbs.
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But flesh with blood of life ye shall not eat.
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For your blood of your lives will I require at the hand of all wild beasts, and I will require the life of man at the hand of [his] brother man.
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He that sheds man's blood, instead of that blood shall his own be shed, for in the image of God I made man.
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But do ye increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and have dominion over it.
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And God spoke to Noe, and to his sons with him, saying,
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And behold I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you,
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and with every living creature with you, of birds and of beasts, and with all the wild beasts of the earth, as many as are with you, of all that come out of the ark.
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And I will establish my covenant with you and all flesh shall not any more die by the water of the flood, and there shall no more be a flood of water to destroy all the earth.
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And the Lord God said to Noe, This [is] the sign of the covenant which I set between me and you, and between every living creature which is with you for perpetual generations.
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I set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of covenant between me and the earth.
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And it shall be when I gather clouds upon the earth, that my bow shall be seen in the cloud.
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And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you, and between every living soul in all flesh, and there shall no longer be water for a deluge, so as to blot out all flesh.
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And my bow shall be in the cloud, and I will look to remember the everlasting covenant between me and the earth, and between [every] living soul in all flesh, which is upon the earth.
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And God said to Noe, This [is] the sign of the covenant, which I have made between me and all flesh, which is upon the earth.
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Now the sons of Noe which came out of the ark, were Sem, Cham, Japheth. And Cham was father of Chanaan.
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These three are the sons of Noe, of these were men scattered over all the earth.
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And Noe began to be a husbandman, and he planted a vineyard.
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And he drank of the wine, and was drunk, and was naked in his house.
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And Cham the father of Chanaan saw the nakedness of his father, and he went out and told his two brothers without.
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And Sem and Japheth having taken a garment, put it on both their backs and went backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their face [was] backward, and they saw not the nakedness of their father.
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And Noe recovered from the wine, and knew all that his younger son had done to him.
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And he said, Cursed be the servant Chanaan, a slave shall he be to his brethren.
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And he said, Blessed [be] the Lord God of Sem, and Chanaan shall be his bond-servant.
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May God make room for Japheth, and let him dwell in the habitations of Sem, and let Chanaan be his servant.
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And Noe lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
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And all the days of Noe were nine hundred and fifty years, and he died.
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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Benedixitque Deus Noe et filiis eius. Et dixit ad eos: Crescite, et multiplicamini, et replete terram.
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Et terror vester ac tremor sit super cuncta animalia terræ, et super omnes volucres cæli, cum universis quæ moventur super terram: omnes pisces maris manui vestræ traditi sunt.
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Et omne, quod movetur et vivit, erit vobis in cibum: quasi olera virentia tradidi vobis omnia.
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Excepto, quod carnem cum sanguine non comedetis.
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Sanguinem enim animarum vestrarum requiram de manu cunctarum bestiarum: et de manu hominis, de manu viri, et fratris eius requiram animam hominis.
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Quicumque effuderit humanum sanguinem, fundetur sanguis illius: ad imaginem quippe Dei factus est homo.
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Vos autem crescite et multiplicamini, et ingredimini super terram, et implete eam.
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Hæc quoque dixit Deus ad Noe, et ad filios eius cum eo:
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Ecce ego statuam pactum meum vobiscum, et cum semine vestro post vos:
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et ad omnem animam viventem, quæ est vobiscum, tam in volucribus quam in iumentis et pecudibus terræ cunctis, quæ egressa sunt de arca, et universis bestiis terræ.
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Statuam pactum meum vobiscum, et nequaquam ultra interficietur omnis caro aquis diluvii, neque erit deinceps diluvium dissipans terram.
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Dixitque Deus: Hoc signum fœderis quod do inter me et vos, et ad omnem animam viventem, quæ est vobiscum in generationes sempiternas:
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Arcum meum ponam in nubibus, et erit signum fœderis inter me, et inter terram.
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Cumque obduxero nubibus cælum, apparebit arcus meus in nubibus:
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et recordabor fœderis mei vobiscum, et cum omni anima vivente quæ carnem vegetat: et non erunt ultra aquæ diluvii ad delendum universam carnem.
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Eritque arcus in nubibus, et videbo illum, et recordabor fœderis sempiterni quod pactum est inter Deum et omnem animam viventem universæ carnis quæ est super terram.
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Dixitque Deus ad Noe: Hoc erit signum fœderis, quod constitui inter me et omnem carnem super terram.
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Erant ergo filii Noe, qui egressi sunt de arca, Sem, Cham, et Iapheth: porro Cham ipse est pater Chanaan.
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Tres isti filii sunt Noe: et ab his disseminatum est omne genus hominum super universam terram.
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Cœpitque Noe vir agricola exercere terram, et plantavit vineam.
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Bibensque vinum inebriatus est, et nudatus in tabernaculo suo.
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Quod cum vidisset Cham pater Chanaan, verenda scilicet patris sui esse nudata, nunciavit duobus fratribus suis foras.
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At vero Sem et Iapheth pallium imposuerunt humeris suis, et incedentes retrorsum, operuerunt verenda patris sui: faciesque eorum aversæ erant, et patris virilia non viderunt.
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Evigilans autem Noe ex vino, cum didicisset quæ fecerat ei filius suus minor,
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ait: Maledictus Chanaan, servus servorum erit fratribus suis.
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Dixitque: Benedictus Dominus Deus Sem, sit Chanaan servus eius.
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Dilatet Deus Iapheth, et habitet in tabernaculis Sem, sitque Chanaan servus eius.
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Vixit autem Noe post diluvium trecentis quinquaginta annis.
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Et impleti sunt omnes dies eius nongentorum quinquaginta annorum: et mortuus est.
web (web) - WorldEnglish.Bible — CC0 modern update of ASV
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God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and replenish the earth.
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The fear of you and the dread of you will be on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the sky. Everything that moves along the ground, and all the fish of the sea, are delivered into your hand.
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Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As I gave you the green herb, I have given everything to you.
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But flesh with its life, that is, its blood, you shall not eat.
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I will surely require accounting for your life’s blood. At the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, I will require the life of man.
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Whoever sheds man’s blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.
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Be fruitful and multiply. Increase abundantly in the earth, and multiply in it.”
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God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,
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“As for me, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring after you,
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and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the livestock, and every animal of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ship, even every animal of the earth.
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I will establish my covenant with you: All flesh will not be cut off any more by the waters of the flood. There will never again be a flood to destroy the earth.”
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God said, “This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
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I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be a sign of a covenant between me and the earth.
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When I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow will be seen in the cloud,
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I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh, and the waters will no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
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The rainbow will be in the cloud. I will look at it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.”
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God said to Noah, “This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth.”
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The sons of Noah who went out from the ship were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham is the father of Canaan.
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These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.
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Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard.
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He drank of the wine and got drunk. He was uncovered within his tent.
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Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
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Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were backwards, and they didn’t see their father’s nakedness.
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Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done to him.
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He said, “Canaan is cursed. He will be a servant of servants to his brothers.”
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He said, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.
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May God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.”
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Noah lived three hundred fifty years after the flood.
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All the days of Noah were nine hundred fifty years, and then he died.
ylt (ylt) - Bible.com YLT98 plain UTF-8
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And God blesseth Noah, and his sons, and saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth;
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and your fear and your dread is on every beast of the earth, and on every fowl of the heavens, on all that creepeth on the ground, and on all fishes of the sea--into your hand they have been given.
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Every creeping thing that is alive, to you it is for food; as the green herb I have given to you the whole;
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only flesh in its life--its blood--ye do not eat.
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`And only your blood for your lives do I require; from the hand of every living thing I require it, and from the hand of man, from the hand of every man's brother I require the life of man;
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whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man.
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And ye, be fruitful and multiply, teem in the earth, and multiply in it.'
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And God speaketh unto Noah, and unto his sons with him, saying,
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`And I, lo, I am establishing My covenant with you, and with your seed after you,
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and with every living creature which <FI>is<Fi> with you, among fowl, among cattle, and among every beast of the earth with you, from all who are going out of the ark--to every beast of the earth.
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And I have established My covenant with you, and all flesh is not any more cut off by waters of a deluge, and there is not any more a deluge to destroy the earth.'
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And God saith, `This is a token of the covenant which I am giving between Me and you, and every living creature that <FI>is<Fi> with you, to generations age-during;
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My bow I have given in the cloud, and it hath been for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth;
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and it hath come to pass (in My sending a cloud over the earth) that the bow hath been seen in the cloud,
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and I have remembered My covenant which is between Me and you, and every living creature among all flesh, and the waters become no more a deluge to destroy all flesh;
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and the bow hath been in the cloud, and I have seen it--to remember the covenant age-during between God and every living creature among all flesh which <FI>is<Fi> on the earth.'
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And God saith unto Noah, `This <FI>is<Fi> a token of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that <FI>is<Fi> upon the earth.'
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And the sons of Noah who are going out of the ark are Shem, and Ham, and Japheth; and Ham is father of Canaan.
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These three <FI>are<Fi> sons of Noah, and from these hath all the earth been overspread.
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And Noah remaineth a man of the ground, and planteth a vineyard,
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and drinketh of the wine, and is drunken, and uncovereth himself in the midst of the tent.
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And Ham, father of Canaan, seeth the nakedness of his father, and declareth to his two brethren without.
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And Shem taketh--Japheth also--the garment, and they place on the shoulder of them both, and go backward, and cover the nakedness of their father; and their faces <FI>are<Fi> backward, and their father's nakedness they have not seen.
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And Noah awaketh from his wine, and knoweth that which his young son hath done to him,
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and saith: `Cursed <FI>is<Fi> Canaan, Servant of servants he is to his brethren.'
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And he saith: `Blessed of Jehovah my God <FI>is<Fi> Shem, And Canaan is servant to him.
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God doth give beauty to Japheth, And he dwelleth in tents of Shem, And Canaan is servant to him.'
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And Noah liveth after the deluge three hundred and fifty years;
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and all the days of Noah are nine hundred and fifty years, and he dieth.
Explanations by Age Level
Explain Like I'm 5
A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
Explain Like I'm 10
Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).